Indole derivatives produced by the fungus Colletotrichum acutatum causing lime anthracnose and postbloom fruit drop of citrus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-30

  Chung, Kuang Ren ^a   Shilts, Turksen ^a   Ertürk, Ümran ^a,c   Timmer, L W ^a   Ueng, Peter P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Indole 3 acetic acid; Plant pathogen; Sweet orange; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; ACETAMIDE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; INDOLEACETIC ACID; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID; TRYPTOPHOL; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; INDOLE-3-LACTIC ACID; INDOLEACETAMIDE; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INDOLELACTIC ACID; TRYPTOPHAN;

ANTHRACNOSE; ARTICLE; CITRUS FRUIT; COLLETOTRICHUM ACUTATUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLUORESCENCE; FRUIT; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STAINING; SYNTHESIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHEMISTRY; COLLETOTRICHUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE;

CITRUS; CITRUS SINENSIS; COLLETOTRICHUM; FUNGI; GLOMERELLA ACUTATA;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; CITRUS; COLLETOTRICHUM; CULTURE MEDIA; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; INDOLES; PLANT DISEASES; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0642277753     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00605-0     Document Type: Article

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